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"Daryaganj is filled with people essentially from the lower middle and working class where most residents, Hindu and Muslim lead almost a hand-to-mouth existence. So, their children are not kidnapped for ransom. Nor do they just walk away on their own. They do not simply vanish in thin air. They are kidnapped as the major source for trafficking which spans a large chain of operators in connivance with the police. I have tried to bring this across in the film because the poor are victimised not only by their ignorance and their poverty but most importantly, by police apathy and by an establishment that does not have a monitoring system in place," says Vivek.
The mother of a missing child beats herself everyday with her slippers in the hope that this self-punishment will reward her with the return of her missing child. Another mother says that she keeps visiting dargahs and masjids across the city but does not have any idea about whether her missing girl will be found or not. "The police do not help us and tell us to fend for ourselves," says a father who sticks posters of his missing boy on tree trunks and outside shops. "There is a certainty when a child dies. But when a child goes missing, the uncertainty is killing," he adds. "The film was triggered by a sense of guilt and shame within me. A few years ago, I had found a crying child at a Delhi bus stop. She was too small and too terrified to answer my simple questions about her parents, her address, etc. Not knowing what to do, I handed her over to a policeman. But till date, I have no idea about whether the police traced her roots and took her back to her parents or sent her back to the streets. I should have followed the case myself knowing that the police functions irresponsibly in these cases. But should I not have shown more responsibility?" he asks rhetorically.
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110002
is a documentary by activist-journalist Vivek Astri. The film won the
second prize at the 3rd Siliguri International Festival of Documentary
and Short Films recently. It was selected for screening at 5th Jaipur
International Film Festival and SCRIPT short film festival, Kochi
also. 110002 is the office where every parent of a missing child runs
around. This is the office where their hopes lie only to be shattered
because of the insensitive and unresponsive system. The address is
Missing Person’s Squad, New Police Station, Daryaganj, New
Delhi-110002.
110002
is the story of Kunwarpal, father of an eleven-year-old who went
missing in November 2010. Since then, Kunwarpal has been running from
pillar to post only to be left disappointed and empty-handed. Through
Kunwarpal’s search for his missing child, 110002 documents
the pain and misery of millions of such parents. It speaks about the
trauma they have to undergo each day of their lives in the hope that
their loved ones would return some day. They do not.